Ancient and Early Christian sites in Rome

This section is dedicated to the ancient monuments of Rome. They are so numerous and varied that you will find below two main articles. One presents the 3 or 4 most important places of the city of Rome, with the Colosseum, the Roman Forum and the Pantheon. The other article lists the most interesting sites, between the temples, forums, baths, Roman houses, columns and triumphal arches, but also the walls, gates, paleochristian catacombs, aqueducts and park including that of the Appian Way.
The most prestigious monuments also have their dedicated page.

Great monuments of ancient Rome

Review of the great ancient buildings of Rome: the Colosseum, the amphitheatre of antiquity of an unparalleled size, which was dedicated to games and gladiator fights; the Pantheon, temple dedicated to the Roman gods; the Roman Forum, political and administrative centre since the Roman Republic.

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20 ancient buildings and places to discover in Rome

After the three great ancient tourist attractions of Rome, a good number of buildings fascinate by their evocation of the past of the eternal city, such as the Forum Boarium which was the market of the river port, the Baths of Caracalla which were the largest in the world, the imperial hill of the Palatine, the tens of kilometres of walls of Aurelian, the catacombs, the Appian Way or the aqueducts, and many others.

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Pantheon of Rome

It is the best preserved ancient monument of the city, a temple dedicated to the gods of pagan Rome, rebuilt around 125 by the emperor Hadrian with the elevation of a coffered dome pierced by an oculus, 43 meters high.

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The Colosseum of Rome

Originally named Flavian amphitheatre, the Colosseum of Rome was built from the year 72 AD by the will of the emperor Vespasian. It was completed in the year 80 by his son, Titus, and later by Domitian.

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Roman Forum in Rome

The Roman Forum was the centre of ancient Rome, a place for trade, business, religion, politics and justice. It was constantly crowded with lawyers, priests, litigators and merchants. From the rostrum, politicians addressed the people.

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